BILL NUMBER: SB 569	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Alarcon

                        FEBRUARY 23, 1999

   An act to add Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 19820) to Part
2 of Division 10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to
disabled persons, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 569, as introduced, Alarcon.  Employment of persons with
disabilities.
   Existing law creates various employment programs for persons with
disabilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of
Rehabilitation.
   This bill would require the department to allocate funds to Jewish
Vocational Services, Inc. in Los Angeles, for operation of an
preemployment program for persons with disabilities.
   This bill would appropriate $115,000 from the General Fund to the
department for allocation to Jewish Vocational Services, Inc. for
startup costs and first-year implementation of the program.
   Vote:  2/3.  Appropriation:  yes.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 19820) is added to
Part 2 of Division 10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:


      CHAPTER 9.5.  PREEMPLOYMENT PROGRAM FOR PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES

   19820.  (a) The department shall allocate funding pursuant to this
chapter to Jewish Vocational Services, Inc. in Los Angeles in order
to establish a preemployment program for adults with developmental,
physical, and emotional disabilities, which shall be operated at its
adult day center.  The program shall operate in conjunction with the
adult day center's occupational therapy programs, enrichment
activities, and senior services.  The program shall serve not more
than 25 clients annually.
   (b) The program shall serve adults with one or more disabilities
who express a desire to increase their daily living skills to a level
that will enable them to obtain community-based employment and who
can benefit from a structured program outside their home environment.

   19821.  (a) The three primary components of the program
established pursuant to this chapter shall be daily living skills
instruction, prevocational training, and preemployment preparation.
A certified vocational evaluator and an occupational therapist, in
consultation with the client, family members, or advocates shall
determine the component into which a client shall enter the program.

   (b) Clients who are assessed as having adequate daily living
skills or who satisfactorily complete this component shall, if
interested in community-based employment, receive prevocational
training.  Clients who successfully complete the prevocational
component shall be eligible to receive preemployment preparation
training.  Clients in the preemployment preparation component shall
be assisted in formulating and achieving a vocational action plan, as
well as obtaining the vocational skills necessary for its
achievement.
  SEC. 2.  There is hereby appropriated the sum of one hundred
fifteen thousand dollars ($115,000) from the General Fund to the
Department of Rehabilitation for allocation to Jewish Vocational
Services, Inc. in Los Angeles, for startup costs and first-year
implementation of Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 19820) of Part
2 of Division 10 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.